Re: [gnome-flashback] Gnome Flashback goals and relation with Gnome.

[Dmitry Shachnev <mitya57 ubuntu com>]

Hi Marcelo,

On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 11:34 PM, Marcelo Boveto Shima
<marceloshima gmail com> wrote:
> First problem:
> gnome-session (gnome-session-check-accelerated) verifies some X features
> and fails when don’t find them.
>
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=730495
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/1251281

This looks like a quite serious issue. Gnome-session unconditionally
wants a working GL and exists with -1 when it is not available (check
main()). Does anybody here know a work-around?

> Second problem:
> Ignoring the checker, it starts, but after some time the X server just
> fails.

How do you "ignore the checker"?

> Starting gnome-panel and metacity alone works, but gnome-settings-daemon
> seems the problem.

What's the error message when you start gnome-settings-daemon?
Also, note than in Ubuntu we now use unity-settings-daemon rather that
gnome-s-d.

> So the question is:
> What is the Flashback relation with official Gnome projects like
> gnome-session
> and gnome-settings-daemon?

The Flashback session is unofficial part of GNOME project. It is
hosted on GNOME infrastructure but not officially supported by GNOME.

> It’s a goal or is there any interest in supporting no composite X servers
> like
> FreeNX, Xvnc, Xrdp?

This is not a goal, though contributions in that area are welcome.

--
Dmitry Shachnev